Meanwhile, on the Other Apoclyptic Front

Hurricane Wilma. Reading the updates. Cancunkev posts pictures from his condo (or hotel?). You can see that Señor Frog is going to take a massive hit. In the first set of pictures it has already lost an awning. And the waves are taking out not just the beach, but the edge of the pavement as well. Later photos show a retaining wall being completely washed away, and the roof over Cancunkev's patio collapses. Still he uploads photos! Finally the visibility goes to 0 and the generator is scheduled to go off.

It sounds from all the reports I have read that the Mexican authorities have been efficient at getting people out of harm's way. Of course we will not know for sure until the storm passes, but every indication so far is that people are safe. Kev promises more photos tomorrow when the eye passes. It looks like it will linger over the Yucatan before turning around for Florida. That will be terrible for the residents because they are supposed to get an inch of rain per hour. The Gulf is really getting a pounding this year.

Mayhem, panic, cats and dogs living together

Right now, I'll bet the British are glad they kept their antiquated quarantine laws. The bird that was carrying the virus was in quarantine. Time to go vegetarian?

One month to go before we'll be in Britain. Apparently, the H5N1 won't be dangerous to humans unless it mutates. 150 million people is a very very big number.

I just read the article more in depth and am confused. Do they think the bird caught the virus from other birds in quarantine (the ones from Taiwan)? Or is there bird flu in S.A. as well?

Can this be true?

The BBC expects 50,000 people will die in Britain of bird flu?? Maybe someone at the BBC is getting a bit hysterical and jumping to conclusions? More likely the folks at CNN didn't think Americans would care, since they were not at risk. Not as heartwarming a story as a little sick girl pulled out of a collapsed building. I noticed that the CNN article only quoted Turkish officials. I hope for their sake it is contained. And for ours.